by Michael Newlands
It’s now official: the US switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting is to be delayed from February 17 to June 12 following the second vote in a week in the House of Representatives. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
It was hyped as the “hundred-year auction”, selling off large chunks of prime spectrum freed up by the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, but the jury is still out on many aspects of last March’s US 700MHz auction. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The new proposals for auctioning D Block in the US seem to be as highly politicised as the proposals for rescuing Wall Street, which were being discussed by lawmakers at the same time. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Should the company hoping to provide free wireless broadband have to pay for the spectrum? Will the offering interfere with existing mobile services? Just some of the questions holding up the release of AWS-3 spectrum in the US Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Kevin Martin, the chairman of US regulator the FCC, has come up with a complex new proposal for auctioning off D Block which fell a long way short of its $1.3 billion reserve price in the 700MHz auction this spring. Read more...
by Scott Billquist
Having warmly welcomed the EC decision on generic WAPECs licensing WiMAX companies are now looking to overcome regulatory fears and clear the way for services in the UHF bands. Read more...
by Website author
Another consultants report argues that mobile access to the digital dividend would bring significant economic benefits. The latest analysis claims the benefit would come mainly from broadband data access using laptops and high-end handsets. Read more...
by Website author
Our top story this month is the UK military's imminent announcement of spectrum release plans. Read more...
by Website author
Top American mobile phone operator Verizon is trying to throw a legal spanner in the works following the US regulator’s decision to change the rules for part of the digital dividend spectrum to be auctioned in January. Read more...
by Website author
What is being called the 100-year auction, perhaps the last chance to grab substantial amounts of US spectrum in the foreseeable future, is scheduled to start on January 16 2008. Read more...